Widening Government Strategy Holdings Suggests Increased Structural Demand for BTC: StanChart

Government entities increased their holdings of Strategy (MSTR), a bitcoin BTC proxy, in the first quarter according to new data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), investment bank Standard Chartered (STAN) said in a research report on Tuesday.In some cases "MSTR holdings by government entities reflect a desire to gain bitcoin exposure where local regulators do not allow direct BTC holdings," wrote Geoff Kendrick, head of digital assets research at Standard Chartered source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/05/20/widening-government-strategy-holdings-suggest-increased-structural-demand-for-btc-stanchart